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G. WHITAKER & LQL. B. WILLIAMS. APPARATUS FOR PRESSING TROUSERS.

No. 880,965. Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

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GEORGE \VHITAKER, OF LONDON, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, AND LLEWELLYN LEONARD BULKELEY WILLIAMS, OF SHORTLANDS, COUNTY OF KENT,

ENGLAND APPARATUS FOR P RESSING TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,965, dated April 10, 1888.

Application filed January 520, 1888. Serial No. 261,409. (No model.) Patented in England Decemhert), 1887, No. 16,966.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE WHITAKER and LLEWELLYN LEONARD BULKELEY WIL- LIAMS, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing, respectively, at London, in the county of Middlesex, England, and at Shortlands, in the county of Kent, England, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Pressing Trousers and other Articles of '10 Wearing-Apparel and Analogous Articles,

(for which we have applied for Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 16,966, December 9, 1887 and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an apparatus designated ltepressus, which is intended more particularly for domestic use for pressing trousers and other articles of wearing-apparel in order to preserve and restore their normal shape and set and to remove creases when such exist; but it is also applicable for pressing analogous articles-such, for example, as linen and the like.

The apparatus consists of upper and lower boards or plates for the reception between them of the trousers or other articles to be 0 pressed, cams or eccentrics for imparting pressure carried on one or more shafts rotating in hearings in a frame, the lower part of which may be hinged or jointed, so as to be capable of folding up, a rod or bar, or rods or 5 bars, engaging with uprights forming part of or fitted detachably to the frame for providing the necessary abutment or resistance, and a ratchet wheel or wheels, and a detent or detents or equivalent means for preventing retrograde motion and maintaining the pressure.

And in order that the said invention may be perfectly understood we shall now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to the several fig- 5 ures on the accompanying sheets of drawings, the same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of an apparatus constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 3 a plan, and Fig. 4 an end elevation, of the same.

A is the frame of the apparatus,-which in the example illustrated consists, chiefly, of two side standards, each formed in two parts, a a, hinged or jointed together at 1 l, and of two end stays or supports, 1) b, bolted'to the parts a a at 2 3, respectively, the arrangement being such that by removing the bolts 3 the end stays or supports, 7) Z), may be turned up on their bolts 2, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the parts a may also be folded under, turning on their hinges or joints 1 1, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the apparatus be thereby reduced into a small compass for the convenience of transit.

In suitable hearings in the upper part, a, of the frame A are mounted one or more shafts, B, capable of rotatory motion and provided with a lever or lovers, 0, (which may be removable,) for the facility of rotating such shaft or shafts. Two of such shafts B are shown in the drawings and are by preference employed. On each shaft are fixed two or more cams, D D, and one or more ratchetwheels, E, with which latter engage detents c, pivoted to the frame. One or more uprights, F, (two being shown in the example,) are provided at each side of the frame, each upright containing a series of holes, 4, for the reception of a rod or bar, 6, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The uprights may form part of the frame a, but are preferably bolted thereto, as shown at 5, so asto admit of their being readily detachedwhen required for transit. 8=

G is a board or plate on which are to be placed the articles to be pressed. This board or plate (which maybe loosely attached to one of the shafts, 13, by a strap, 6,) is placed upon the cams D D, and, if necessary, may be suitably guided, either by engaging with the uprights F or otherwise, so as to be prevented from lateral or longitudinal motion, while being free to move vertically.

Assuming that a number of pairs of trousers orother articles are to be pressed at one and the same time, they are placed upon theboard or plate G, as shown at d, with the interposi tion ofa piece, 7, of card-board or other suitable material between each two superposed artieles, and an upper pressing board or plate, G, is placed on top and firmly secured in position by passing a rod or bar, e, into and through the lowermost exposed hole, 4, of each upright F on one side, and causing the oppo-' -The shafts B are then caused to rotate, either simultaneously or successively, by the aid of the lever or levers 0, whereby the lower board or plate, G, under the action of the cams D D is forced up toward the upper stationary board or plate, G, as indicated in the drawings, the ratchet-Wheels E E and detents c c preventing any retrograde motion, and the articles interposed between the boards or plates receive the requisite amount of pressure to effect the desired object.

Having fully described our invention,what

We desire to claim and secure by Letters Patcut is-- 1. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the frame A, the shafts B, having cams D thereon, a board or plate, G, resting on said cams and bearing the trousers or other articles to'be pressed, 2. board or plate, G, covering the trousers or other articles, rods or bars e, engaging the frame A, or an attachment thereto, means for imparting motion to the shafts B, and ratchet-wheels and detents for preventing retrograde motion.

2. The combination of pressing boards or plates G G with the shafts B and cams thereon for imparting pressure, a hinged or jointed frame, A, in which said shafts are mounted, uprights F, carried by said frame, and rods or bars 0, engaging said uprights, all substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefol'e set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE WHITAKER. LLEWELLYN LEONARD BULKELEY WILLIAMS.

\V i tnesses THOMAS JOHN HANDFQRD, ALFRED J OHN MAXWELL, Both of 50 Bedford Row, London, TV. 0. 

